This Guy Promposed by Running 5.5 Miles and Tracking the Route on an App

After meeting on the cross-country team, 17-year-old Joran Fuller knew he wanted to ask 16-year-old Claire Short to prom in an epic way that incorporated their shared love for running. On Saturday, he wound up running 5.5 miles around their town of Findlay, Ohio to spell out "PROM?" on the running app Strava.

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Joran told BuzzFeed News that he and Claire first became friends because she was "so much faster than the girls that she ran with the guys instead." The couple has been dating for a few weeks now. Claire knew a promposal was in the works — Joran told her he was planning something — but she didn't know what to expect.

Claire was sick on Saturday, so Joran stopped by her house to bring her some food. That's when he told her to pull up Strava.

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Claire said yes! Now, her tweet about the epic promposal is going viral, racking up more than 100,000 likes.

"I'd seen on Strava some different Strava art things where in big cities cyclists would map out these big elaborate designs," Joran told ABC News. "That inspired me a little bit but I'd never seen somebody do words."

Because Findlay is small, it took Joran awhile to find an area of town with enough rectangular blocks to spell out words, he told BuzzFeed. He got out of school early on Friday afternoon and drove downtown to do the run, which took him about 45 minutes. When he was finished, he rushed back to school to rehearse for the musical.

The Findlay High School prom is April 26.

Hannah Orenstein is the assistant features editor at Seventeen.com. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!